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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Uncorrected proof of this collection of poems by Eric Pankey (b. 1959). PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches; 212 x 150 mm), xii, 85, [5] pages in gray perfect-bound wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Some stains to wrappers and to fore edge but internally clean and unmarked. Very Good or better.

Hong Kong: Alisan Fine Arts Limited, 1991. First Edition. Announcement of an exhibition of paintings by Zhang Gui Ming (1939-2014). The exhibition for the Shaoxing-born artist took place from July 9-24, 1991, at Alisan Fine Arts in Hong Kong. The announcement features several images as well as text in English and Chinese. It's printed as a single page on heavy card stock and is folded to create six panels, each measuring 9 x 7 inches (230 x 177 mm). CONDITION: Some sunning to extremities but internally bright and unmarked. Near Fine.

Hong Kong: Lo Shan Tang, Contemporary Chinese Paintings, 1994. First Edition. Announcement of an exhibition of paintings by Kwok Hon Sum (1947-2003) at the Hong Kong Arts Centre in 1994. The announcement features a number of Buddhist-inspired images as well as text in Hong Kong and Chinese. It's printed on a single sheet of heavy card stock and folded to create six panels, each measuring 8 x 6 inches (210 x 153 mm). CONDITION: Some scuffing to the rear panel as well as some creases. Very Good or better.

Georgetown, Kentucky: Finishing Line Press, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Slender poetry chapbook by Winifred Hughes, who lives in Princeton. Her poems are mostly about the natural world. No 147 in the New Women's Voices Series. Octavo, 27, [5] pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). Slight creasing to corners, a bit of rubbing and soiling to wrappers. Internally, clean and unmarked. Near Fine.

[Logan, Utah]: Utah State Agricultural College, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. A largely sympathetic view of the New Deal by an assistant professor of political science at Utah State Agricultural College. Volume IV, Number 1 in the College's Monograph Series. Scarce in commerce. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 inches; 235 x 155 mm), 53, [1] pages, gray-blue stapled wrappers with yapp edges (soft cover). CONDITION: Light sunning and edge wear to extremities, internally bright, clean, and unmarked except for a brief pencil notation on the Foreword page. Near Fine.

Studio City, California: Rattle Foundation, 2023. First Edition.
A chapbook featuring five poems by John W. Evans, who is the Phyllis Draper Lecturer in Nonfiction at Stanford University. The subject: his divorce. Cover art by Max Beckmann. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 x 6 inches; 228 x 150 mm), 39, [1] pages, in illustrated, stapled wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Light edge wear. Near Fine.

New York: Poetry Society of America, 2016. First Edition. A collection of poems by Amanda Turner, who lives in Portland, Oregon. Her subjects range from Bonnard and Gainsborough to Noh theatre (and plenty of other things). Selected and introduced by A. Van Jordan. Beautiful covers by Ashley Goldberg. SCARCE. PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 184 x 133 mm), 33, [3] pages, in stapled, illustrated wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Fine.

Shanghai and Beijing: ShanghART and New Amsterdam Art Consultancy, 1997. First Edition. Announcement of exhibitions for Ding Yi from December 19-24, 1997, in Shanghai (ShanghART) and January 11-18, 1998, in Beijing (New Amsterdam Art Consultancy). One single sheet folded to create 12 panels, each measuring 8 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches (210 x 95 mm). Exhibition details in English and Chinese, with one of Ding Yi's intricately-worked paintings shown across five panels. Ding Yi (b. 1962 in Shanghai) uses cross motifs in his paintings. SCARCE. Condition: Some light edge wear but bright and unmarked. Near Fine.

Shanghai: ShanghArt, 1997. First Edition. Invitation to the opening of an exhibition of paintings by Nan Xi (b. 1960 in Zhejiang Province). The opening took place on October 9, 1997, at ShanghArt in Shanghai. Several images, along with text in English and Chinese. The invitation is printed on a single page of heavy card stock and folded to create six panels, each measuring 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches (210 x 150 mm). CONDITION: Slight edge wear. Near Fine.

London: Poetry Book Society, 1973. First Edition. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 1/16 inches; 213 x 129 mm), [24] pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover). Poems by Charles Causley, Vernon Scannell, D.J. Enright, Kevin Crossley-Holland, Eric W. White, Tom Raworth, George MacBeth, Alan Ross, Anthony Howell, Peter Jay, and Stephen Spender. CONDITION: Slight soiling and creasing to the wrappers. Near Fine.

Hong Kong: Hanart T Z Gallery and Hong Kong Arts Centre, 1994. First Edition. Invitation, printed on heavy card stock, for an exhibition of paintings and calligraphy by Taiwan artist Chiang Chao-shen (1925-1996). Several images, along with text in Chinese and English. The invitation is printed on a single sheet and is folded to create six panels, each measuring 8 x 7 1/8 inches (205 x 180 mm). Chiang's name can also be rendered as Jiang Zhaoshen. CONDITION: Slight edge wear. Near Fine.

Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. First Nebraska Paperback Printing.
Collection of poems about the Great Plains Blizzard of January 12, 1888. This is a University of Nebraska reprint of the 1986 edition from Bieler Press. Octavo, unpaginated. Some curling to corners but internally clean and unmarked. Near Fine.

Octavo, 288 pages, in an illustrated dust jacket (hard cover). Book club edition.
A riveting look at the case of Edward Lee Howard, who worked for the CIA and defected to the Soviet Union in 1985. Two years later, Howard secretly met in Budapest with the author, David Wise, to tell his version of events.
If anyone can unravel a spy case, it's journalist David Wise, who was one of the most authoritative writers about the world of espionage. As for Howard, he died under mysterious circumstances at his Russian dacha in 2002. He was 50 years old.
CONDITION: Good only, with foxing of page edges, bumped corners, some rubbing to the boards, and a previous owner's embossed seal on the front end paper. The dust jacket is rubbed on both panels and on the spine.

New York: China 2000 Fine Art, 2004. First Edition. Invitation to an exhibition of paintings by Hua Lee, March 18-April 10, 2004, at China 2000 Fine Art in New York. Single sheet, printed on heavy card stock, and folded once to create four panels, each measuring 7 1/4 x 5 inches (183 x 125 mm). SCARCE. Condition: Fine.

New York: PUSH, 2002. Startling poetry memoir by New Jersey writer Eireann Corrigan on her eating disorder as a teenager and her boyfriend's attempted suicide. PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo (7 x 5 inches; 178 x 127 mm), 123, [1] pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Some edge wear and rubbing to wrappers, spine slightly cocked. Very Good or better.

London: Chinese Contemporary, [1999]. Invitation to an exhibition for Chen Liang Yi and Wu Xiao Hang at Chinese Contemporary in January-February 1999. Invitation printed on one side of heavy card stock and accompanied by a short announcement about the artists on the London gallery's letterhead. The invitation measures 7 3/4 x 3 7/8 inches (198 x 97 mm), while the additional announcement is on A4 paper. SCARCE. CONDITION: Slight handling wear to both pieces, the letterhead folded in thirds. Near Fine.

New Malden, U.K.: Headland Publications, 1973. First Edition. 12mo (7 x 4 3/4 inches; 177 x 121 mm), [16] pages, in yellow stapled wrappers (soft cover). A collection of poems by English poet Penelope Shuttle (b. 1947). One of 500 numbered copies (there were also 26 lettered copies signed by the author). CONDITION: Modest soiling to wrappers, unevenly trimmed (production error) along bottom edge, internally clean and unmarked. About Very Good.

Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland: Salmon Poetry, 2019. A collection of poems by Estha Weiner, who is an English professor at City College of New York and the Sarah Lawrence Writing Institute. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 215 xn135 mm), 69, [3] pages, in photo-illustrated, perfect-bound wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Stray pencil marks to fore edge and one page, light edge wear. Near Fine.

New York: New Directions, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Twelve late plays by Tennessee Williams. Octavo, 311 pages, paperback. Fine.

Nashville: Winston-Derek Publishers, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches; 225 x 150 mm), 55, [1] pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). INSCRIBED by the author on the half title: "For Mary McCarthy, with warmest wishes! Bruce Kaduk," and dated 4/10/92. A collection of short poems by Bruce Kaduk. CONDITION: Soiling to wrappers, sunning to spine, creasing to bottom corner, evidence of water staining to pages. About Good overall.